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+++KARMA for help, how to make good quality t-shirts

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-eat
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I wanted to know some ways to make good quality t shirt designs, +Karma for help, +++++karma for links
Aug 3 2008 3:43PM
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Jordan
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try this for basics on doing transfers.







Also here's some links to help you understand screen printing

Aug 3 2008 3:49PM
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Jordan
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sorry about the repost seems i forgot html.

damn't

http://community.livejournal.com/craftgrrl/3674467.html
Aug 3 2008 3:50PM
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-eat
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thanks so much +++karma, other ideas or suggestions...?
Aug 3 2008 3:58PM
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Malcolm
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im to lazy to learn how to make shirts so im going to bring a design to this place that makes them. its pretty sick because theres no minimum
Aug 3 2008 4:02PM
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-eat
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there is one of those where u live but it is too expensive
Aug 3 2008 4:09PM
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babujib
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naw you can make them reasonably cheap just buy some blank t's make like 10 shirts pay for ink and service charge its not as bad as you think go to your local screen printer
Aug 3 2008 4:13PM
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JEWbacca
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yeah man that press is your best bet. at my brothers school they use that to make super good t shirts. but buy pretty big blank shirts cause most cheap blank shirts shrink so much buy like 2 sizes bigger then you need.
Aug 3 2008 6:10PM
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dandougherty
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how would an average press cost??
Aug 3 2008 6:34PM
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DangerToes
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hey so a little off topic but my friend used to silk screen us shirts for cheap and you can do that easier if you let them give you their shirts and then silk screen them because then you only have to charge them for the silk screen costs.
Aug 3 2008 6:52PM
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JEWbacca
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yep ive used a silkscreen to there not as good quality but cheaper and still pretty good.
Aug 3 2008 6:57PM
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gbrunch
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cotton gin
Aug 3 2008 10:42PM
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artfullydodged
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check the phonebook for places that print t-shirts, thers one like 5 minutes from my house
Aug 3 2008 11:00PM
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Mooose...
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you can buy a silk screening kit, at most arts and crafts stores. i think each kit is only good for one type of design, but they are worth the money if you are making multiple shirts. you have to make sure you pay a lot of attention to detail when doing your own silk screening, because one small hole on the cover of the screen could mess up all of your shirts you are making.
Aug 3 2008 11:46PM
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ben_southworth
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if you don't have enough money to throw down on a silk screen, go to your closest hobby lobby, and buy the fabric spray paint.

make a stencil of your design, preferably out of cardboard or somehting along those lines, adhesive it to your shirt, and spray the design in. I've made a couple pretty sick shirts like that.
Cheap too.
Aug 4 2008 1:15PM
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JonathonChandler
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http://www.simplyspray.com/

get fabric paint and make some sick stencils. or you can freehand it if you have talent
Aug 4 2008 2:07PM
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-eat
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+++karma to all
Aug 4 2008 2:25PM
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willbro466
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www.customink.com

ordered from them 3 times
great shirts really quickly
Aug 4 2008 6:46PM
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fillup
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1. Screen your own.
2. Order some custom

Aug 4 2008 6:47PM
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